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Measure Also Includes $1.1 Billion For NOAA Satellites The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a sweeping appropriations bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, some $200 million more than President Bush […]

Missile Defense Agency Tests A Plane-Based Missile Defense System Obering Seeks U.S.-European Missile Defense Test Area; U.S., NATO Radar Systems Swap Data; More Links Seen Shifting interceptors for a proposed […]

OSTM/Jason-2 Satellite Launched To Examine Ocean Surfaces The OSTM/Jason-2 satellite was launched atop a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., into an orbit where the spacecraft will […]

Cost Of NPOESS, Once Seen At $6.5 Billion, Now Is $13.6 Billion, Headed For $14 Billion The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that once was estimated to cost […]

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] Alcatel-Lucent has announced a deal which should boost its plan to derive revenues from the Asian mobile TV market, linking up with SpeedCast Ltd. to jointly […]

NASA Awards $1.5 Billion Kennedy Space Center Contract NASA gave EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., a contract worth up to $1.5 billion to provide institutional services at Kennedy […]

The Air Force completed an early on-orbit checkout of the second space based infrared systems (SBIRS) sensor. That craft is in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) over the northern hemisphere. […]

NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] test-fired a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the future American spacecraft. Technicians fired a yard-long igniter for the abort motor […]

A new organization within the Pentagon acquisition chief’s office responsible for all acquisition oversight of Defense Department space and intelligence programs has been officially established with Joshua Hartman at the […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander, a miner for a heart of ice, has found what researchers say they are sure is frozen water on the fourth planet from the sun. Phoenix […]

The Missile Defense Agency will host a small business conference at Huntsville, Ala., next month. That event will be held July 21-22 at the Von Braun Center North Hall. Theme […]

Iran, as it continues to produce nuclear materials that might be used to assemble nuclear weapons, threatens to end Israel’s singular role as a nuclear-armed nation in the region, a […]

The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not […]

Global demand for space-based capabilities will continue its rapid growth, and the U.S. government should aid U.S. industry as it seeks business overseas, a Commerce Department official said. Ed Morris, […]

Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]

The House, on a lopsided and veto-proof 409 to 15 vote, passed a $20.21 billion authorization bill to support NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, including an […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Measat Satellite Systems has signed a significant new HD deal with National Geographic Channel Asia, the company announced June 19. The deal between the two parties […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 satellite has been successfully launched, NASA said June 20. The satellite, a NASA and French Space Agency (CNES) oceanography satellite, […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] Freesat aims to establish a strong niche for itself in the U.K. digital TV market. The new FTA satellite offering, from the BBC and ITV, which […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] EMS Technologies has appointed Perry Tanner as its vice president of marketing and information management, the company said June 18. Tanner had previously been VP of […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] Globecomm Systems is to launch a new media processing center architecture for the Asia region, the company said June 18. The company is launching the architecture […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] Integral Systems has won a contract to support one of the Asia’s biggest satellite operators, the company said June 18. The company has signed a contract […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has provided an update on satellite’s performance in Canada’s broadcast market. The Commission said June 18, that total combined […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] OmniGlobe Networks EMEA, a supplier of communications equipment for satellite and terrestrial transmissions, has signed a long-term reseller agreement with C-Com Satellite Systems, Inc. to become […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] AsiaSat has signed a highly significant capacity deal with one of the India’s largest media companies, the company said June 19. The satellite operator has signed […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] One of the Asia’s major telcos is getting set to launch a two-way broadband service in the region. Telekom Malaysia (TM), Malaysia’s biggest telco, and Numix […]

[Satellite Today – 6-18-08] Foxtel, the Australian DTH operator, it set to launch its new HD+ service this Sunday, the operator said June 18. Foxtel also said that more than […]

[Satellite Today – 6-17-08] Tandberg Television has won further business from leading Korean DTH operator, Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., more universally recognized under its ‘SkyLife’ brand name, the […]